Talk About A Blank Slate
This what the new "border" looked like one day in October 2005, that day we planted about 300 perennials and a shrub or 4 or 5.
We laid out the design of the borders with a garden hose and used Roundup to kill the grass. Had the outlined areas (the Border) tilled up and I got 23 tons, about 17 yards, of ‘Garden Mix’ from Miller Landscaping delivered. Idea was to try to add a 3 inch layer of it to the border area and then till it all in….We tilled it in and leveled it off and then we were ready to plant. The new flower beds looked like a nice moist chocolate cake, mmmm good, good for the new plants’ roots. We laid out, planted and mulched about 300 or so plants in one day. We watered everything in and then just sat back (I use the phrase “just sat back” loosely) and waited to see what spring would bring.
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- This what the new “border” looked like one day in October 2005, that day we planted about 300 perennials and a shrub or 4 or 5.
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- Talk About A Blank Slate
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- I’m consulting with one my colleagues, Jarrett Floyd on issues such as plant spacing and what goes where…:-)
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- In years to come my colleague Jarrett will climb many mountains, the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush or even Duggar Mountain but first he had to climb this mountain of Mulch
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- What came to be called ‘The Mulch-kin Brigade’
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- My colleague, Jarrett Floyd sitting down after a hard day of holding the plant labels and smiling.
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- Trying to place plants according to the plan while having your picture taken. Impossible?
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- Blank Slate, No Tilling, No Border Laid Out. No Plants, No Mulch, No Bird Feeders, No Bird Baths, Just Grass And A Whole Lotta Dreams
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- Yours truly, Paul From Alabama with graph paper plan in my hand.
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- Mulch piled high, plants arranged and ready for placing and planting
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- Tilled, Amended and Leveled
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- First load of mulch delivered the day of planting. First of two.
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- Plants lined up according to type and then one at a time placed in the border to be planted.
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- Placing and planting plants according to our plan.
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- Mulching Hummingbird Island being mulched
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- Hummingbird Island being planted. It was smaller then.
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- Beauty Berry Bushes waiting to be planted
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- Plants laid out according to where they go in the garden.
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- Plants in containers watered and ready to plant.
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- Plants for raised bed.
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- Ready To Plant
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- Raised bed along wall. Before Landscaping timbers installed. Working on first load of mulch
